Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Our reference to the term ‘cookies’ includes cookies a wide range of cookies including but not limited to flash cookies and web beacons. Some cookies expire at the end of your internet session, while others will be saved for a limited amount of time.

There are many different types of cookies and have different uses. Some allow you to browse the website and experience certain features. Some cookies give us an idea of your browsing experience which allows us to improve.

Cookies set by Food Safe Passport are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than us are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your computer or mobile when it visits the website and certain other websites. We use first party and third party cookies for several reasons.

The most important cookies are the required cookies. They are essential and help you to navigate on the website and to use basic features, such as media plugins. In addition, there are functionality cookies that enable you to save your purchase, and other details for a quicker checkout.

We use performance and analytics cookies to improve our website. Towards this, we collect browsing data, which may be linked to a unique identifier to allow us to understand how you interact with the website across different platforms as described in our privacy statement (click here for our privacy statement). Interaction cookies are used for you to interact with social media or to submit reviews.

We use cookies mainly to ensure your visit to our website is as good as possible. Overview of the types of cookies we use:

Required Cookies: are essential and help you navigate, move around on the website and see certain features (e.g. your purchase is saved during all the steps of your checkout process). These cookies are required to enable core site functionality and are stored for the duration of your browsing session.

Functionality and Analytics Cookies: ensure a smooth user experience and allow us to analyse site usage so we can measure and improve performance. These cookies may be placed by us or a third party on our behalf (our cookie opt-out tool is detailed below) and are stored for the duration of your browsing session.

Advertising and Social Media Cookies: will remember your order and buying preferences or assist marketing efforts in other ways. They help us to understand purchasing behaviour of visitors and enables us to keep improving our website, so e-commerce becomes easier and more pleasant, and to improve the marketing messages we send to our customers (sometimes referred to as “performance cookies”).

You can change your browser settings to delete or prevent certain cookies from being stored on your computer or mobile device without your explicit consent. The ‘help’ section in your browser should provide information on how to manage your cookie settings. Find out how this works for your browser here:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042

Opera: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Adobe (flash cookies): http://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/flash-player.html

You may visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ to learn about the options that some of the third parties we work with offer for opting out of certain ad targeting activities. You will need to visit those websites from each browser and device that you would like to be covered by your opt-out. Because the opt-out tools may depend on cookies, you may need to visit these sites again to reinstate your preferences if you delete your cookies.

We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.